Thought For Today A Humble Path Over Pride
A daily meditation cites Proverbs 16 19 praising humility over sharing spoils with the proud. It warns against a rousing spirit within the breast and notes Roscommon on a contrasting line about inspiration.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1924
Page
4
Better Times Ahead
The iron and steel industry shows slow but steady recovery with an 6 percent August gain over July in pig iron output. After a March drop, August 1922 output rose from 1,816,170 tons to over 3,000,000 tons in four months, suggesting a potential broader economic upswing now that the national election is behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Apple
Foreseeable Economic Upswing Across Sectors
The note highlights improving conditions with rising steel industry activity Europe stabilizing reparations, rebounding farmer buying power, fewer business failures, and record high railroad freight loadings signaling stronger times ahead for American business and election outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Market stability and prices tied to buying power
The excerpt discusses price stabilization tied to controlling the dollar's buying power. It frames business conditions and prices as Siamese twins, implying interconnected shifts as understanding grows.
Rent Increases Across 167 Cities Reveal Higher Urban Costs
The National Industrial Conference Board reports wage-earner home rents rose over 6 percent in the year ending July 1, with overall rents about 86 percent above 1914 levels. The East shows the most increases while the Middle West sees more declines. Higher priced housing appears to crest then fall. moderate priced units remain in short supply due to new construction and income gaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Industrial Conferv:Board
Middle West
Postwar Boom and Depression Cycle Across Wars
The account traces cycles after major conflicts from Napoleonic wars to the Civil War and beyond. It notes postwar booms followed by price declines, renewed booms, inflation, and eventual downturns. The text argues for sustained prosperity rather than alternating booms and depressions.
Ludendorffs Dogs Spark Munich Political Row
General Ludendorff whose followers defend his dogs after two were ordered killed for running loose without muzzles. The incident becomes a political issue as Social Democrats demand the dogs be killed on general principles citing their master’s influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludendorff
German Republic
Munich
Ludenorff
Social Democrats
End of Reconstruction Era Marked by 1876 Election
A historical retelling of the 1876 presidential contest between Samuel J. Tilden and Rutherford B. Hayes. It covers the contested results, the Electoral Commission decision, and Hayes's presidency ending Reconstruction era violence and restoring civil government.
Plan Big Ticket for Belmont County Ballot
Prohibitionists Socialists and La Follette-Wheeler groups strive to place three tickets on Belmont county ballot. Petitions show 60 signatures from Flushing-Barnsville area for Prohibitionists, 200 for Socialists, and 560 for La Follette-Wheeler, suggesting only the latter will list candidates.
Long reads on faith, finance, and world affairs from a 1920s issue
A New Jersey Presbyterian church spent 400 years old oak care costs of $4000 a year sparking debate on democracy and charity. Notices cover tariffs on sugar, hijinks of hat etiquette, a Long Island assault, women murdered, and Mussolini’s Italy. Also notes on blind cave fish evolution and Rome’s politics. Capper touts Coolidge farm relief funds and emergency credits for agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian
New Jersey
Capper Expounds Farm Aid and Western Campaign Stance
United States Senator Capper outlines farm relief and pro agriculture policy in Kansas City and PERA, praising Republican measures under Harding Coolidge and Dawes. He attacks socialist railroad ownership and cites Tariff acts, farm loan programs, and Capper Volstead co op marketing, highlighting 1920 21 distress and relief through government policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pera
Kansas
United States
Arthur Capper
Nebraska
West
Capper
Senator Capper
Wilson
United States Senate
Congress
Harding-Coolidge
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Coolidge
Dawes
Bryan
Answers and Questions Service Offers Information Bureau
The Athens Messenger presents a reader information service run by Frederic J. Haskin from Washington DC. It answers questions but does not give legal medical or financial advice nor handle domestic disputes and requires the inquirer’s full name address and two cents postage for return mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Insquirer
Questions and Answers From the Quiz Bank on History and Agriculture
This page compiles Q A style responses covering U S trade on American ships before World War I versus the Civil War era. Sahara versus continental United States size. Deborah the judge and Song of Deborah. walnut wood supplies in wartime. Lewis and Clark expedition crew. Alsike seed cultivation. and a legal definition of a common scold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. P
Sahara Desert
United States
Sahara
Alaska
Joan of Arc
Deborah
Lapadeth
Yarael
Barak
Punishments for common scolds and mermaid myths
The text notes historical punishments like stocks, the ducking stool, and branks for common scolds with later reforms to fines and imprisonment. It then answers a reader's question on mermaids, stating they are imaginary and likely born from misidentified seals and walruses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Hamden Local People Visit and Travel Updates
Hamden Western Union lineman C. T. Francis spent the weekend with family and relatives in Blanches ter. Ben Will, Donald Collins and Oral Will were en route to Detroit. Pres Turner of Jackson was headed to Athens on business. Crawford Morehead of Marietta visited his parents on Paine avenue. Ed Swanson underwent foot surgery at Dr. W. J. Ogier’s Wellston office after blood poisoning. W. A. Kibbey and children visited relatives at South Webster and Huntington. Ovid Rayis worked Dundas as an RP & O operator while Robert Watkins hunted. T. A. Aiey came from Columbus for Thomas Copeland’s funeral. George Murdoch with three others drove a Ford over a bank near Petrea and Jackson. occupants escaped serious injury. Paul J. Stanton returned to Dayton after a visit with his mother Anna Stanton. Mrs. A. G. Ray, son Carl, and Mrs. W. J. Ogier visited their mother Tina Vollenweider in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union
C. T. Francis
Blanchester
W. J. Ogiers
Wellston
W. A. Kibbey
South Webster
Huntington
RP & O
Ovid Rayis
Dundas
Robert Watkins
T. A. Aiey
Columbus
Thomas Copeland
George Murdoch
Hamden
Petrea
Jackson
Anna Stanton
Paul
E. Stanton
Dayton
A. G. Ray
Carl
W. J. Ogier
Tina Vollenweider
Don Martindill and son load car for Roxabel
Don Martindill and his son Don Jr of McArthur loaded a car of Seattle goods Monday for Roxabel, indicating local residents coordinating a shipment to the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Martindill
Don, Jr
McArthur
Seattle
Roxabel
New Mail Carrier Appointed in Local Route
Elmo Lewis son of Rev and Mrs L Lewis has taken the role as mail carrier between the post office and B and O depot, starting Tuesday. Rexford Moorhead and family visit relatives in Wellston, while J E Sylvester editor of Wellston Telegram was a business visitor. Church ladies hosted a party honoring Mrs C W Winstead who departs for Knowville Tennessee for the winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Lewis
C. W Winsteay
Knowville
Tenn
Elmer Fletcher
Main Street
C. W. Winstead
Railroad Street
Paine Avenue
Silas Salmons
Fred Smith
Coakley
Fletcher
Wilkesville
J. Fletcher
C. H. Copeland
Albany
Hamden School
Thomas Copeland
Locals Update From Albany And Columbus Visits
Albany notes report Miss Carrie Richey returning from Columbus after a week visiting relatives. Miss Mary Reeder and Miss Margaret Croy return to Bliss College in Columbus after visiting home folks. Zern Ross recovers from a two week illness. Joe Coe of Parkersburg visits his brothers J P T W and Will Coe, first visit in twenty years. Lon Gillogly sells his farm to Gayly Bratton of Pt Rock with possession due November first. Will Gillogly moves his family to Mt Blanco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Richey
Columbus
Mary Reeder
Margaret Croy
Bliss College
N. Croy
Zern Ross
Joe Coe
Parkersburg
J. P
T. W
Will Coe
Columbus Aims to Bring National Legion Command Home
Local and Ohio American Legion delegations at the national convention in St Paul Minnesota plan efforts to move the national command back to Columbus Buckeye State officials say Columbus hopes to host the Legion leadership again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
American Legion
National Convention of the Legion
St. Paul
Minn
Buckeye
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Greeley
Belknap
Tilde
Watterson
Reublican
Samuel J. Tilden
Thomas A. Hendricks
Indiana
Hendricks
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Cincinnati
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Blaie
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Tilden
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Grant
Chandler
New Hampshire
Republican National Committee
Zach Chandler
Louisiana
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Florida
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Senate
Electoral Commission
Roscoe Conkling
Conkling
Kate Chase Sprague
Salmon P. Chase
Union
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Cuba
Long Island
Moth Cave
Kentucky
Great Britain
Monsieur Ochmichen
Mussolini
Japan
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Trotzky
China
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American Museum of Natural History
Agricultural Creait Corporation
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Jefferson
Louisiana Purchase
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Canada
Kentucy
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